Solution Architect Manager – Enterprise, Regions and Subsidiaries

Role Introduction

Reports to: Head of IT Solutions – Enterprise, Regions and Subsidiaries

Join Cathay as a Solution Architect Manager in our Information Technology Solution Centre. You will be the one to oversee development of innovative architectural solutions to align with business needs, ensuring Cathay’s architecture roadmaps and standards are being met.

Thrive in a dynamic and agile environment that embraces AI and cutting-edge technologies. Our culture fosters teamwork and progressive thinking, while our internal mobility program offers diverse career opportunities.

Leverage your expertise to oversee architectural excellence in the Enterprise, Region and Subsidiaries Solution Centre, ensuring we deliver on our brand promise and drive organizational success.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Enterprise Solution Architects, Application Manager, and Solution Analysts to explore business demand at the pre-prioritization stage, including requirements assessment, solution planning, prototyping, and impact analysis
• Ensure seamless integration of package-based business solutions with other application and infrastructure components
• Gather, understand, and synthesize documentation from various sources to create different architectural diagrams or viewpoints
• Work closely with application and infrastructure project teams to focus on high-level and conceptual designs for project delivery, leveraging all aspects of enterprise architecture
• Develop and analyze solution options based on business demand, Enterprise Architecture, and a balanced comparison of functional and non-functional capabilities, risk, cost, and benefits
• Consult with Enterprise Architects and project teams to harmonize systems or infrastructure with the enterprise architecture, and drive discussions to agree on the solution architecture
• Document solution architecture design work in a structured fashion matching the EA framework and facilitate sharing of artifacts to drive reuse
• Provide consultancy on performance optimization for new and existing solutions, especially during production fire-fighting situations
• Advocate and augment business and IT strategies, educate project team members on the value of EA, and keep abreast of the latest technology trends
• Collaborate with the Technology & Architecture team to drive business and technology innovation, manage junior Solution Architects, and act as a mentor to guide their development

Requirements

• University Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related disciplines
• Minimum 15 years of IT experience with at least 7 years hands-on project solution architecture experience in large scale strategic programs or projects (e.g., budget greater than $100m HKD):
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environment
• Proficient knowledge in cloud based architecture and design framework
• Significant practical experience or good understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF
• Ability to think conceptually and simplify complex problems through abstraction Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders up to the executive level
• Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements
• Ability to define multiple solution options to business problems. Knowledge of the differences between enterprise and solution architecture
• Understanding of application development methodologies, SOA, object-oriented analysis and design, or client/server systems
• Significant knowledge of financial models and budgeting
• Passion and ability to learn new technologies

Personal & Application Information

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